{
  "id": 5525223,
  "title": "Rennie backs Bower to front up to Bok scrum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/rennie-backs-bower-to-front-up-to-bok-scrum",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/rugby/dave-rennie-backs-bower-take-on-springbok-scrum/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Head coach Dave Rennie is confident in the All Blacks' ability to secure another victory in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the Springboks. Despite losing the most recent Test, Rennie maintains faith in George Bower, the loosehead prop, to contribute substantially in the upcoming match at FNB Stadium. The coach expressed satisfaction with Bower's physicality and work ethic, emphasizing that the scrum controversy from the previous game didn't deter him from selecting Bower. Bower's teammate, Patrick Tuipulotu, and flanker Simon Parker were among the players omitted from the matchday 23. Rennie's unchanged backline, featuring Anton Lienert-Brown instead of Leinster star Rieko Ioane, underscores the coach's faith in Lienert-Brown's all-round capabilities.",
  "summary": "All Blacks coach Dave Rennie explains why Ethan de Groot and Co miss out in favour of Bower, Sititi, Lakai and Lienert-Brown.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}